The Reddening - signed paperback bookOne million years of evolution didnt change our nature. Nor did it bury the horrors predating civilisation. Ancient rites, old deities and savage ways can reappear in the places you least expect. Lifestyle journalist Katrine escaped past traumas by moving to a coast renowned for seaside holidays and natural beauty. But when a vast hoard of human remains and prehistoric artefacts is discovered in nearby Brickburgh, a hideous shadow engulfs her life.

But the police are preoccupied

finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends

for the violent gangs and people-smugglers who thrive in the crumbling world where ‘King Death’ reigns supreme

and the fleeting glimpses of small shadows on the stairs

The residue of old rites and pagan sacrifice for something that still exists in the forest

soft cotton

Determined to learn something of this eccentric woman

Something has been removed

and the young women weeping in neighbouring rooms

In the company of two orphans

At night the building comes alive with noises and movements: footsteps

to do the unthinkable